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VII. Account of a Nebula in Coma Berenices. By Edward 
Pigott, Efq. In a Letter to Nevil Malkelvne, D, D.F.R, S, 
and Ajlronomer Royal, 
Read January 1 1 , 1781. 
Frampton-Iioufe, Glamorganiliire, 
E E V . S I K, September 3, 1779. 
A S my father generally addreffes to you fuch papers as he 
communicates to the Royal Society, X beg the favour of 
you to acquaint that learned body, that, on the 23d of March, X 
difcovered a nebula in the conflellation of Coma Berenices, 
hitherto, I prefume, unnoticed ; at lead not mentioned in M. 
de la lande’s Aftronomy, nor in M. messier’s ample Cata- 
logue of nebulous Stars. I have obferved it in an achromatic 
tranfit inftrument, three feet long, and deduced its mean R. A. 
by comparing it to the following liars, having made the necef- 
fary corrections for aberration and nutation, the refults are : 
o / // 
191 28 35 
I9 I 28 4I 
I9 1 28 45 
I9I 28 36 
I9I 28 34 
I9I 28 38 
By 3 Gemini - 
By y Cauls Major is - 
By s Virginis - 
By v Virginis - - " 
By § Leonis - " 
Mean R. A... of the nebula for April 20, 1779, 
Its 
